Monday, February 28, 2011

for 3/7: Short video

Read the short introduction to this video and then watch it.
In their words.

What is the point of the video? What techniques does it use to get it's message across? Is the video effective? Why or Why not?

19 comments:

  1. The point of this video is to call attention to the hidden truth about sexual assault in the military. To be honest, I had no idea sexual assault was a problem, I assume that all members of the military are trained to be respectful and decent human beings but it is clear that I am wrong. The maker of this video enlarged significant words from the quotations to really put an emphasis on what you were reading. I think this video is extremely effective because it makes the viewer aware of the sexual assault in the military and the fact that the pentagon is, "sweeping it under the rug". Also, it conveys the attitude of the authority figures in the military, they make it obvious that women don't belong in the military and since they're not men they shouldn't be treated as humans.

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  2. i believe the point of this video is to see how rape victims are treated,even within our own government and military.And how they are failing to deal with the situation.The techniques used to get this message across is bu use a black backgroung and white words,some bolded and in all caps. So that you can see the big picture and visualize what happen or the pain and angry of the words.also they play in the background.When i first the video i really didnt pay attention to the words of the song but just the beat, because i was more intune to what was being displayed on the screen. Yes, I feel the vidoe is effective because it gets the message through and it puts a mean on it and help you really visualize this problem.
    kerra jones

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  3. Thanks to Kerra and Gina for great analysis.

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  4. I think the point of this video was to show that it is a harder on women especially when you enter a dominant world, the military. I think the techniques they used to get their message across was a good example with the type of music they were playing and the black and white letters showing through the video that they are trying to get you to imagine what they are going through everyday through their lives. This video is effective to me because they are expressing and showing us the sexual inequality that goes on and how powerful the words they were using were. It was very effective because women need to be respected and i did not know this was how it was in the Military.

    LATRINA GLADNEY

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  5. The message in this video is a rude awakening to those who are not aware of sexual assult happening in the military such as myself. The messages are protrayed clearly in bold letters. Those are the words the maker of this video wanted to make a point of and I believe the point was made well. The point of this message can be a wake up call to many men and women to let them think about the horrible abuse that is happening to women. Even if the video is not affective for direct action being done by its viewers, the video is affective at getting deep emotions from the viewers.

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  6. The point of this video was to show how woman are treated in the military. They used the technique of giving exact quotes of what was said or documented to get the point across. I feel the video is very effective. It is a little blunt and it makes me think why this is occurring still but it opened my eyes to something that I never knew was occurring.

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  7. The point of this video was to show what really happens in the military. Before watching this video I had no idea this went on in the military because everyone looks up to people in the military. The creator of this video chose to add a slow, depressing in the backround to make it more powerful. This video was effective because not only does it open people's eyes as to what is really going on in the military, it shows us that even if woman try to fight for their country, they will still be punished because it is supposed male dominated.

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  8. I think that the point of this video is to show how women are treated in the military. I had no idea that sexual assault was a problem within our military so I was very shocked to watch this video. The creator of the video highlighted certain words by either putting it in a larger font or in bold, which was very effective. It caught my eye and showed the significance of the issue.

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  9. I think the point of the video was to expose how men still think that women are less of human beings than themselves. In the military men dominate even more so than in the civilian world, they feel like they can do anything and get away with it becasue that's what the trend has been for so long. I think the way the video was made, with the black back dro and the sad music playing really emphazised the emotion of the victim maybe. Brittney Edwards

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  10. The point of this video is to open peoples eyes to what happens to women in the military who get mistreated. Also to shed light on how men still treat women as objects and not as human beings. Our own government doesn't even handle the situations, they just tell the women theres nothing they can do and its the woman's fault. The video gets its point acrossed by bolding and enlarging the most important parts of whats going on and does this in a short amount of time to keep the viewer's interest. It works because it tells people the gist of what's going on and how nothing is being done to stop it.
    Audra Wilson

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  11. I think the point of this video is to show people that the fight for gender equality is still far from over. I don't think people are really aware that this is even a problem in our military; I know I was not. Now that this problem is pointed out it makes a lot of sense. It is even easier for a man to dominate and exploit women in the military simply because it is still considered on the most "manly jobs" and because the military is still male dominated and run by men. Men are in control in the military, and the reaction of the officers and people at the pentagon shows that if it's her word against his, his will still win.
    Kara Higgins

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  12. The point of this video is to show how women are not taken seriously when it comes to sexual attacks. I'm very taken aback by the fact that this has not stirred up more controversy. This video just provides another glimpse that we are living in a male dominated world and if they don't believe what is being said than it is not true. Women in the military suffer more because the pentagon does not take them seriously.

    Kelly Stevens

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  13. This video absolutely got its point across about how woman are viewed in the military. By using direct quotes, it is evident that woman are not taken seriously. When something as serious as rape is happening without anything being done, instead making jokes about it, I can confidently say that woman are being taken advantage and are left with no voice. This video made me sick to read some things that were said so in my opinion it succeeded in making an outside bystander aware of just how serious woman discrimination can be.

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  14. The purpose of this video was to explain the hidden truths about people who are sexaually assulted in the miltary and as well as other places. It shows because men have power they are able to get away with alot of things . The message they was getting across is that women all over are took advantage of and needs to stand up for themselves when things are not
    going as they should . That has not been the only incident where a person has got away with sexual assult and it wouldnt be the last time if people do not stand up.

    Jasmine Robinson

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  15. The point of this video is to show just how often rape is overlooked and this video is a good example of how our own government overlooks it. The technique that was used to get the point across was using direct quotes that respected men in the military had said. Each quote was bolded and in white while the background was black. I think this video was very effective because of the way the words were almost thrown out at you to grab your attention. Also, the actual quotes that were in teh video helped to make it effective because I had very little knowledge about what actually goes on in the military. This video just goes to show how much women are still discriminated against especially in a male-dominated environment.

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  16. The purpose of this video is to wake people up and show them the reality of what's going on in the world today. Not only is people unaware of how women don't get treated with equal respect as men but they are unaware of how people get sexually assaulted and no one think anything of it.

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  17. This video goes to show that even today women don't get treated as equal as me do. We have women fighting for our country, but really they are fighting for their own life! We need to change this now. And we need to be more aware of this problem. There are more women in the U.S. than men, so we should be more powerful.
    The video was very effective bcause they bold printed and made the important words bigger.

    Jodie Hinkle

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  18. I believe this video was created to show others what really goes on in the military. The military is a group of people that are looked at with greatness. After watching these video it showed real views of the military which is something I am now not so proud to support. It told others that it is a woman's fault is she gets raped and more than likely these victims were asking for it. Women who are rape victims do not asked to be raped.

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  19. The point of this video is to show how men in the military even men in higher positions feel about the idea of rape. They think of it as the woman's fault. The technique that they use in this video is to highlight the words that will impact the most meaning in the quotes that are being used. Yes this is an effective video because the words they highlight get the point across of what they are trying to say.

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